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What is the issue?

ollama run nemotron-3-nano:30b-cloud --experimental --experimental-websearch Connecting to 'nemotron-3-nano:30b-cloud' on 'ollama.com' ⚡

This experimental version of Ollama has the bash tool enabled. Models can read files on your computer, or run commands (after you allow them>

The Web Search and Web Fetch tools are enabled. Models can search and fetch w>

what is the weather in san fracisco today? use web search tool to find out

Approved: Web Search: weather in San Francisco today auth required: web search requires authentication Sign in to Ollama? Yes No

wheather I press Y or N, authentication fails and ollama proceeds to trying to use bash tool. I am signed in successfully using ollama signin prior to this, but it keeps requesting authentication again and again, not accepting Y or N and I guess defaulting to N.

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TL;DR

The issue can be mitigated by re-authenticating with Ollama or checking the authentication flow.

Guidance

  • Verify that the ollama signin command was successful and that the authentication token is valid.
  • Check if there are any issues with the authentication flow, such as incorrect credentials or expired tokens.
  • Try re-running the ollama signin command before attempting to use the Web Search tool.
  • Investigate if there are any known issues with the experimental version of Ollama related to authentication.

Notes

The lack of information about the OS, GPU, CPU, and Ollama version makes it difficult to provide a more specific solution.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Re-authenticate with Ollama before using the Web Search tool, as this may resolve the authentication issue.

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